THE NEW RATES OF POSTAGE

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 17, 6 January 1863, Page 4

THE NEW RATES OF POSTAGE

We publish for general information thgjjl Bate of Postage at present in force- :— B New Zealand. m Bates of Postage chargeable On Letters^! -papers, md Book Packets posted in the C(m LETTEKS-. m 1. Inland Letters. — Not exceeding $3 exceeding $ oz, and not exceeding 1 oz,jW ceeding 1 oz, and not evcecding Sfoz, 8d; || on, increasing, fourpenee for. every adwi ounce or fraction of an ounce. J@ 2. To the United Kingdom.— By Southii or by direct ship : Not exceeding? £oz/0d ;.&| ing \ oz, and not exceeding. 1 oz, Is- exce|| oz, and not exceeding 2 oz, 2a; and soil creasing one shilling for every additional ojg fraction of, an ounce. By Marseilles : Eg ceeding \ oz, 9d; exceeding £ oz, and noteP ing£oz, Is; exceeding $ oz-, and not exceed oz, Is 9d ; exceeding f oz, and not exceeding 2s ; and ao on, being an addition to tbfr cw£ postage at the rate of threepence per quartet^ 3. To British. Colonies and Foreign Cof* — Not exceeding £ oz, 6d ; exceeding \ oz,tt exceeding 1 oz, Is; exceeding 1 ox, and ceeding 2 oz, 2s ; and ao on, increasing ot ling for every additional ounce or fraction ounce. ' * # * Except in the following cases, where £~ rates are payable. f 4. To the Continent of Europe via Tr\l Not exceeding £ oz, Is 6d ; exceeding £ not exceeding 1 oz, 3s; exceeding 1 oz, at, exceeding 2 oz, 6s ; and so on, increasing? shillings for every additional ounce or frac? an ounce. *" 6. To Syria and Turkey. — Letters- will i I warded via Alexandria and Jaffa unless {'• for transmission via the United Jvingcfo 7 be charged as follows : Not exceeding J- 01-7 exceeding £ oz, and not exceeding 1 oz, 1 ', and so on, increasing one shilling and tenpe^every additional ounce or fraction of an oun**6. To China and the Eastern Archip*^_ Letters addressed to- Hongkong, Penang, pore, or any part of China or Japan, the Ft Islands, Java, Sumatra, Borneo-, Labiu Moluccas, and Siam, are chargeable as ft. Not exceeding \ oz, lsj exceeding _i. O3 -> a. exceeding 1 oz, 2s ; and ao on,ineieas}, shillings for every additional ounce or frac-7 an ounce. 7. To Naval Officers on Foreign StaL-x Letters addressed to officers- serving on boa.l of Her Majesty's ships on a foreign station, sent through the United Kingdom, are chat as follows : Not exceeding £ oz, Is ; esreedu"" and not exceeding 1 oz, 2s ; exceeding 1 1 not exceeding 2 oz, 4s ; and so on, iuci ea^t shillings for every additional ounce or fra<Vi an ounce. y 8. To Naval Seamen and' Soldiers—]' sent to or by seamen and soldiers in Her Ak service will be transmitted within-the Co!on~7 between the colony or any post-office in tii« dominions, at a charge of one-penny, providJJ the following regulations stse observed — l letter must not exceed half, an- ounce in i 2. It must be superscribed' with the name writer, his disposition or class in'tfce vessel c ment, and signed by the officer at the- Limei mand. 3. The postage must be pre-paid. J letter of this description, posted- or received^ ] Colony, not in accordance wiih. the foregoicA" ation, will be treated as an Oi-dinary letter 9. Free Letters. — Letters on the publ«e of Her Majesty's Naval and; Military. Fok-^' exempted from the payment of postage, if t the words, " On Her Majesty's- fcrervice," j' — signature of the officer in command of- thef. the service of which the letter-is-despatched-such letters cannot be transraittad by- any in\ route, or one entailing additional; expense * Colonial Government. Letters- on the publ vice of the General Government of the co'» — transmitted free by post, if bearing the "On the Public Service oniy,." and thi si^t of some officer of the General- Government/ rised to frank official letters* _ 10. Registered Letters. — Registration I -» in addition to the ordinary postage chargeany other. Except iv special sase3, as eili in table subjoined. NEWSPAPEH&.. — To any part of the colony, if- publishe colony, and posted within seven: days from f-« tiou, free; if not published io- the colony,! posted within seven days from' pnblkatuy" Id. 2. To the United Kiugdemj. via bou ton, or by direct ship, free ; to the Unite-i dom, via Marseilles, each, 3d - r o. To. the Co of Europe, via Trieste, eaeb r 2tl y. 4/- To SjTr 1 " Turkey (nut through the Uaited ETm^tle-^Y exceeding two ounces, Id; and scon, iwTt'jf; of one penny for every additional two 0 Jnc Note. — For the postage chargeable ol papers, forwarded to other eountwes-, tHou;' •■ United Kingdom, see table- (A)' subjoined. BOOK PACK.ET3- (^ 1. To any part of the colony, or to tTie-»fc Kingdom via Southampton t — Not esaosdi''^ 4d ; exceeding 4 oz, and nofc exceeding 8 exceeding 8 oz, and not exceeding 16 oz, T and so on, increasing eight pence for ever tional half pound, or fraction of haJf-a-pourn., 2. To the following British colonies — A.«c|_ Bermuda, British VVest Indies, Canada, ( Good Hope, Falklt-nd Islands, Gaml>ii Coast, Eeligoland, lonian Islands, Nita' Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scutn, Edward Island, St. Helei a, Siesra Leone 1] couver's Island: — Not exceeding 4oz; 7u, ty ing 4 oz, and not exceeding 8 os, Is2d ; cxc 8 oz, and not exceeding 16 oora r 2s 4d;. and increasing one shilling and twopence fa half-pound, or fraction of half-a -pound. i Prepayment by Stamps. — AIL letters, pi. and newspapers posted in New Zealand, 1 5 prepaid by affixing postage labels of the co. — sufficient value. Q Loose Letters. — All tetters received from « seas, at any Post-office in this colony, whit not been regularly posted at tha place of de (loose lettdrsj, are charge-ible- with full post' cording 10 the rates established by the- tor tables, unless they are letters which it 13 no. pulsory by law to send by post, in which cas are chargeable with the inland rate of postag 0 E'>ok-Paekets io he Open fir lnspea\i Every book-packet shall be sent open at tbjf or side?, and there shall be- no enclosure sei otherwise closed against inspection sent in c_ such packet, nor anything printed or writtes->] nature of a letter. Contents. — With tbeabove- limitations, at; book may eontein any number of separate L maps, prints, or photographs, and any quai^r: paper, vellum, or parchment, either printed,'': on, or plain, (exclusive of anything in tbei-i of a letter whether sealed or open.) with th£ ing, covering, or mounting attached or belt. to such book, p-int, map, or photograph, £_; things legitimately appertaining to or naf:,: for the transmission of any enclosed liteiWi artistic matter, but exclusive of glass in an;\l The names and address of the sender maji , ' on the cover. Registration. — Any person can have a \&M. gistered by affixing on it by means of tbe^--labels the amount of the registration fee, ife tion to the proper postage, and presenting .l 7 Post-office during office hours, and at let";; hour before the closing of the mail by whi desired to be transmitted. Every precautt : '\ be adop.ed to ensure the safe delivery of (:: tered letter, by entering it on the letter bL; . obtaining a receipt for the same on deliver; ;> the Post-office, however, is not responsible f l l loss of any letter, whether registered or ott~ persons sending bank-notes or drafts are Oj to take the numbers and particulars, and kit the notes or drafts in halves, and to send fes: different post. Penalties. — Any person sending as exem.^s postage letters not liable to exemption, or e&jH a communication in the nature of a letter ij l new -paper or book-packet are liable to a W of £20. |£ Overland Carriage. — No postmaster wilt" quired to receive any book-packet for transf'S by an overland mail, if from its weight HL other cause the packet appear calculated tct ..% the carrier. ?j "-■ Ceosbib Wakd, Postmaster-Gc#|j